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Chair of Governors |
Head Teacher |
Deputy Head Teacher/School-based Childrens Centre Manager |
Other - Including school based non-teaching staff |
Orders and creditor invoices for work, goods and services (Inc. agency staff timesheets, LMS transfers, purchase card applications, limits and spend approvals; expenses, mileage and travel |
£500 (HT expenses only) |
Up to £500,000 |
Up to £100,000 |
Up to £10,000 |
Payment of salaries,wages |
Up to £120,000 |
Up to £120,000 |
Up to £75,000 |
N/A |
Chair of Governors should complete the separate form available above. It is the Head Teacher's responsibility to ensure that a new form is completed for the Chair of Governors when required. Please note that Head teacher and Chair of Governors authorisation limits must match due to the requirement to approve each others signatory forms.
Schools are requested to always use the blank forms from the links below and not save a blank copy locally for later use - this ensures that you are always using the latest version of the form and so avoiding any processing delays:
There is an additional mandatory section on the form relating to the signatory being aware of the Council’s Code of Conduct and Financial and Contract Rules. It is an Audit requirement that this declaration is completed and links to the relevant documents are available here:
Financial rules (PDF 908KB)
Contract rules (PDF 796KB)
Employee code of conduct (PDF128KB)
Covid-19 - Special arrangements
For existing forms, the requirement to renew after 3 years is temporarily suspended.
If you have any queries or require further information, please contact:
Financial Administration and Support
3rd Floor Civic Centre, Darwall Street
Walsall
WS1 1DB
email projectsandperformanceteam@walsall.gov.uk